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The Compass Friday, May 9, 2003 6 [ CAMPUS EVENTS Antonio Barrow Editor Emeritus antoniodbarrow@vahoo.com STUDENT DIRECTORS PRODUCED SUCCESSFUL PLAYS On April 15 and 16, the One-Act Play Festival was held in the Little Theatre beside the G.R. Little Library. Four students wrote one-act plays that were performed. The One-Act Play Festival is an annual eyent that gives students an opportunity to write a short play. In the pro cess, the student gains directorial experience as the stu dent must hold auditions to search for a cast, find a stage manager, assistant director, make-up and costume de signer, and other technical staff. The student directors were Antonio Barrow, Mario Photo by Rich Harvey Jackson, Krystle Lee, and Nykki Houston. Antonio Barrow, a graduating senior, wrote and di rected the play “The Lost Girl’s Lament.” Mario Jackson, senior, directed a play that was writ ten by Nykki Houston, also a senior, called “Who Is It?” Krystle Lee wrote and directed a play called “Warn ing Too Late”. Nykki Houston wrote and directed a play called “Jurni of Echoes”. Overall, the one-acts were successful. Many stu dents, professors, and people from the community par ticipated in the festival. VIKING FEST 2003: WHAT HAPPENED? Michael Webb Staff Reporter In the past, Viking Fast has been crowded with vendors, people of all ages, and the occasional celebrity A time when students forgot about class work for a whole week, enjoyed activities, and relaxed under the warm springtime weather in North Carolina. The weekends hosted the most anticipated events. ECSU alumni, Tenasha Jenkins, remembers the times when students gathered together on campus having fun and partaking in every event of the week, especially Saturday afternoons. There were times when the campus seemed like a North Carolina version of Black College Weekend at Kings Dominion. Well those days are over or are they? Director of Student Activities, Dr. Jean Holt, says those days can take place on the ECSU campus again and they will, but only if students come together to help take part in the events held on campus. “We need students to get involved, to plan and promote Viking Fest week,” Dr. Holt said. Students would have been more pleased with the outcome of Viking Fest if more had been involved with the planning of the event she said. Many events took place throughout the week but not many students came out and participated. Monday was the beginning of the long week of events, with a sparsely attended pep rally taking place at the Quads. Since Williams Hall has been under construction for the past couple of months, most of the activities that were suppose to take place in that facility took place in other areas, including the pep rally. This year the scene was an eye sore with the renovation of Williams Hall under way. Tuesday, the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, sponsored a free pool party in the Vaughn Center. No one was aloud to enter the party unless he or she came in a bathing suit or swimming trunks. That wouldn’t have been a problem for some of the students if the temperature was warm enough for them to go swimming. Tuesday night’s temperature was recorded to be in the low to mid 40s. That was a little chilly for most students. After the pool party, the Bedell Cafeteria was jammed with students wanting to grab the free breakfast that the Student Government Association sponsored from 10 pm until midnight. The midnight breakfast is a familiar tradition on the ECSU campus, which takes place during both Homecoming and Viking fest. The main problem with the midnight breakfast is the extremely long lines in the cafeteria. Wednesday evening was filled with activities on the ECSU campus. The Mitchell Lewis cookout and a free-style session took place on the basketball court as well as the Baltimore Consort playing their rendition of Scottish music in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Later, Wednesday night the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity sponsored a free midnight bowling party in the commuter center. The bowling party was overcrowded and many students complained about not being able to hit the eight ball on the pool table correctly because of the girl behind them dancing to music the DJ was playing. Thirsty Thursday made its way back on the campus of ECSU taking place outside the University Center. Students were able to share their poetry and rhyming talents to an audience of about 60 to 100 people. Friday Night, the Vike Nu’ Fashion Troupe took the campus by storm with a show that left those who missed it wanting to buy tapes from the Mass Media Club. A lot of people came out to the show, but there were just as many who missed the event. Saturday was the most anticipated day, which usually consists of cookouts, block parties, live remotes, and students withdrawing from the activities that took place the day before. This year students took a different approach; they slept. University Webmaster, Damond Nollan says “it’s the motivation of the students that makes the campus what it is. Students make the best activities on campus.” Motivation is what one student had to bring more activities on campus, but motivation wasn’t enough to stop Mother Nature. Tanyetta Pittman, former Miss ECSU, spent weeks before Viking Fest planning activities for the event. Saturday afternoon, Tanyetta sponsored the first annual “Yard Fest,” but because of the rain that afternoon, the event was cancelled. “I have to reschedule it because of the rain,” Tanyetta said. Although Tanyetta is graduating May 10'^ she is looking fonward to helping out in the future with other events on campus, especially Alumni Affairs. Saturday evening came quick and it was time for the Fraternities and Sororities on campus to show their stuff at the ECSU Pan Hellenic Step Show. A lot of individuals from Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia traditionally come out to see the show. Tickets are usually sold out and the lines outside the Vaughn Center usually resemble a Michael Jackson or Jay Z concert. “The Step Show was really nice, last year it was packed,” said Melba Valentine. “It was hard to find a seat last year, but this year I had a good seat and I came at eight o’ clock.” Step Show this year resembled the Mr. Cheeks concert last Viking Fest, not many attended. “What makes Viking Fest successful is when people come back,” Damond Nollan said. “It’s about socializing and alumni coming back on campus and the question is ‘whose coming back?’” “The school is raising prices on sporting events and step show’s and nothing is happening in return,” said ECSU alumni, Tenasha Jenkins. Many are asking what is happening to their money and is their money being spent in the right place. Some students feel that their money is being spent on activities that they don’t care to participate in. “SACS sends out survey’s to students and we review the surveys to see what students like and when we have them students don’t show up,” said Dr. Holt. Although Viking Fest wasn’t the best, many students did enjoy a week of fun-filled activities. “Viking Fest was pretty good this year. I know that a lot of activities were put together last minute, but it was brought together nicely,” said Jamica Ashley Dr. Holt was glad to see students come together to help and wants to see the same students come together to help plan and promote for Homecoming. “Its one thing to sit around and complain, but it’s another to complain and take action,” Dr. Holt said. ANTONIO BARROW: A STUDENT WITH HIGHER PLANS DeTra L. Stith Co-Editor depot9@hotmail.com If you take a look in Johnson Hall’s Writing Lab, most of the time you will find someone sitting at the computer closest to the printer. This someone is Antonio Barrow, the Compass editor for 2002-2003’s school year. Antonio is a senior from Swan Quarter, NO, who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English, on May 10, with a 3.6 grade point aver age. “I’m ready to graduate, but the only thing I’m unsure of is my plans after graduation,” comments Barrow. After graduation, Barrow may go to graduate school at East Carolina X University where he will focus his studies on English Education, if he doesn’t work first, because he’s al ready taken the Graduate Record Exam, which is an exam that tests you on what you’ve learned in under graduate school. Once he gets his li cense in teaching, he wants to teach middle school and high school litera ture and grammar. He is also inter ested in another field of study and that is culinary arts, and he plans to at tend Johnson and Wales Culinary Arts School or acquire this license through the Professional Career Development Institute. The Professional Career De velopment Institute is a program that enables a person to receive the train ing they need in a field of their choice at home. Barrow could have graduated in December but he decided to stay an other semester. “I didn’t want to see the paper stopped after one semester,” com ments Barrow. Barrow stayed to make sure the paper went on, and he wanted make sure someone was ready to take over for the next year. “Overall, it was a good experi ence being the editor. I enjoyed in corporating my ideas, but I wish I could have done more, but we had a low staff,” comments Barrow. Some of the staff graduated in December and were never replaced, so a few ideas that Antonio wanted to implement, never went through. Barrow also received two awards from the Language, Literature and Communication Department, at the t Honors Convocation on April 17. He received the E.M. Spellman Award and the Highest G.RA. Award of a Graduating Senior. The E.M. Spellman Award is given to a gradu ating senior who has done exemplary work in English related academics and extra-curricular activities. The next people in line to be editors of The Compass are Susan Correll-Hankinson, Kymber Lee Tay lor, and DeTra Stith. ‘The people who will take over next year are determined and dedi cated. If they continue to be deter mined and dedicated then The Com pass will be successful,” comments Barrow. Barrow acknowledges teachers and friends of his who supported him in working with the paper.
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